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Program Book C O N G R E S S I O N A L C O A L I T I O N O N A D O P T I O N I N S T I T U T E A NVGirE tL Su I aN lA GD O PaT IlOaN ® W E D N E S D A Y , S E P T E M B E R 3 0 , 2 0 2 0 2 2 N D A N N U A L P R O G R A M Gala Program Welcome Susan Neely, CCAI Board Vice Chair Message from the Board of Directors Chair The Honorable Mary L. Landrieu Message from the Executive Director Nancy Kay Blackwell 2020 National Angels in Adoption® Award Magnolia Earl & Family 2020 National Angels in Adoption® Award Todd Tilghman 2020 Angels in Adoption® Honoree Recognition 2020 Class of CCAI Foster Youth Interns Message from 2020 Congressional Foster Youth Intern Isabelle Goodrich 2020 National Angels in Adoption® Award Miranda & Luke Caldwell 2020 National Angels in Adoption® Award This Is Us Message from the Adoption CaUcus Bipartisan Leadership Senator Roy Blunt, Senator Amy Klobuchar, Representative Robert Aderholt, and Representative Donna Shalala Message from First Lady of the United States Melania Trump Closing Nancy Kay Blackwell C O N G R E S S I O N A L C O A L I T I O N O N A D O P T I O N I N S T I T U T E ' S A NVGirE tL Su I aN lA GD O PaT IlOaN 2 Welcome Messsge from CCAI 2020 has been a dynamic year for the children and families dUe to the COVID-19 pandemic. For the adults, we work, parent, teach, cook, and socialize from home. Children and students continue to prove their great adaptability as online learning became the new classroom. Social distancing and wearing masks are the new norms to keep us safe out in public. Earlier this year, we struggled with deciding whether to still hold the Angels gala in Washington, D.C. with a smaller Nancy Kay Blackwell crowd, change the date, cancel the event, or explore Executive Director how we could bring a two-decade old program online. The Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute had to become extremely agile this year and was able to shift our 22nd annual Angels in Adoption Program into a virtual event, a first in our organization's history. Angels in Adoption is our celebration of individUals, families, and organizations from around the country that support vulnerable children. We proudly have 96 local Angel honorees from 42 states and four National Taylor Draddy Angels. This year, the gala is the kickoff for our Angels Director of Policy programing which includes policy roundtables, panels, and our first virtual Angels Hill Day, all leading into National Adoption Month in November. The CCAI staff, Taylor and Kate, have organized and planned 2020 Angels with support from an incredible team of remote college and university interns: Jessie, Abby, Nicolas, Junior, Makayla, and Kenyea. Although we may not be together in-person for this year’s event, we hold each other close in our hearts. Kate McLean Thank you for joining us for tonight’s event! Director of Programs Sincerely, C O N G R E S S I O N A L C O A L I T I O N O N A D O P T I O N I N S T I T U T E ' S A NVGirE tL Su I aN lA GD O PaT IlOaN 3 2020 Partners Platinum Partners Bronze Partners ($50,000 and above) ($5,000 - $9,999) Arnold & Porter Akin Gump Strauss HaUer & Feld Carlson Family Foundation American Beverage Association Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption American Petroleum Institute The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers Cox Enterprises Gold Partners Deep Root Analytics ($25,000 - $49,999) Gulf Coast Bank and Trust American Council of Life Insurers The Honorable Mary L. LandrieU & Frank Snellings Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Insured Retirement Institute Casey Family Programs The Internet & Television Association (NCTA) Retail Orphan Initiative Invariant Joyce and Don Meyer MassMutual Silver Partners Michele and Rick Spielman ($10,000 - $24,999) New York Life Insurance Company News Media Alliance American Retirement Association Pacific Life Insurance Company Bella Grazia Fund The Russell Group Both Ends Believing Seth Kahan Comcast NBCUniversal ConocoPhillips The Neely Family Orphan Outreach Friend Partners The Paul & Emily Singer Family Foundation ($1,000 - $4,999) Rita M. Lewis Ayesha Molino Susan B. Hirschmann Center for Adoption Support and EdUcation Charter Communications Dean Madeleine M. LandrieU Gary LaBranche Greater Washington Community Foundation National Council for Adoption PepsiCo Principal Rita Soronen Walmart C O N G R E S S I O N A L C O A L I T I O N O N A D O P T I O N I N S T I T U T E ' S A NVGirE tL Su I aN lA GD O PaT IlOaN 4 Congressional Coalition on Adoption Caucus Members 116th Congress U.S. Senate Co-Chairs: Roy Blunt (R-MO) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) U.S. House Co-Chairs: Robert Aderholt (R-AL) and Donna Shalala (D-FL) Alabama Connecticut Kansas Sen. Doug Jones (D) Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D) Sen. Jerry Moran (R) Rep. Robert Aderholt (R)* Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D) Sen. Pat Roberts (R) Rep. Jim Himes (D) Rep. Steve Watkins (R) Alaska Rep. Sharice Davids (D) Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) Delaware Sen. Christopher Coons (D) Kentucky Arizona Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D) Rep. James Comer (R) Rep. RUben Gallego (D) Rep. Raul Grijalva (D) District of Columbia Louisiana Rep. David Schweikert (R) Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) Sen. Bill Cassidy (R) Rep. Andy Biggs (R) Sen. John Kennedy (R) Florida Rep. Garret Graves (R) Arkansas Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R) Rep. Mike Johnson (R) Sen. John Boozman (R) Rep. Donna Shalala (D)* Rep. Steve Scalise (R) Sen. Tom Cotton (R) Rep. Alcee Hastings (D) Rep. Ralph Lee Abraham (R) Rep. Bruce Westerman (R) Rep. French Hill (R) Georgia Maine Rep. Doug Collins (R) Sen. Susan Collins (R) California Rep. John Lewis (D) Sen. Angus King, Jr. (I) Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D) Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R) Rep. Chellie Pingree (D) Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragán (D) Rep. David Scott (D) Rep. Karen Bass (D) Maryland Rep. Ami Bera (D) Idaho Sen. Ben Cardin (D) Rep. Julia Brownley (D) Sen. James Risch (R) Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D) Rep. Ken Calvert (R) Rep. Anna Eshoo (D) Illinois Massachusetts Rep. Jared HUffman (D) Sen. Richard Durbin (D) Rep. Stephen Lynch (D) Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R) Rep. Danny Davis (D) Rep. Seth Moulton (D) Rep. Barbara Lee (D) Rep. Dan Lipinski (D) Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D) Rep. John Shimkus (R) Michigan Rep. Doris Matsui (D) Sen. Gary Peters (D) Rep. Linda Sanchez (D) Indiana Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D) Rep. Adam Schiff (D) Sen. Mike Braun (R) Rep. Bill Huizenga (R) Rep. Brad Sherman (D) Rep. Andre Carson (D) Rep. Dan Kildee (D) Rep. Eric Swalwell (D) Rep. Brenda L. Lawrence (D) Rep. Tony Cardenas (D) Iowa Rep. John Moolenaar (R) Sen. ChUck Grassley (R) Rep. Fred Upton (R) Colorado Rep. Steve King (R) Rep. Tim Walberg (R) Sen. Cory Gardner (R) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D) Rep. Doug Lamborn (R) Rep. Scott Tipton (R) Rep. Joe Neguse (D) C O N G R E S S I O N A L C O A L I T I O N O N A D O P T I O N I N S T I T U T E ' S A NVGirE tL Su I aN lA GD O PaT IlOaN 5 Caucus Members (continued) Minnesota North Carolina Texas Sen. Amy KlobUchar (D)* Sen. Richard Burr (R) Rep. Kevin Brady (R) Sen. Tina Smith (D) Sen. Thom Tillis (R) Rep. John Carter (R) Rep. Dean Phillips (D) Rep. Mark Meadows (R) Rep. Joaquin Castro (D) Rep. Pete SteUber (R) Rep. Greg Murphy (D) Rep. Mike Conaway (R) Rep. Tom Emmer (R) Rep. David Rouzer (R) Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D) Rep. Collin Peterson (D) Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D) Rep. Angie Craig (D) North Dakota Rep. Kay Granger (R) Rep. Betty McCollum (D) Sen. Kevin Cramer (R) Rep. Mac Thornberry (R) Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D) Mississippi Ohio Sen. Roger F. Wicker (R) Rep. Dave Joyce (R) Utah Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) Rep. Steve Stivers (R) Rep. Rob Bishop (R) Rep. Trent Kelly (R) Rep. Joyce Beatty (D) Rep. Ben McAdams (D) Missouri Oklahoma Vermont Sen. Roy Blunt (R)* Sen. James Inhofe (R) Sen. Patrick Leahy (D) Sen. Josh Hawley (R) Sen. James Lankford (R) Rep. Ann Wagner (R) Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R) Virginia Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D) Rep. Kendra Horn (D) Sen. Mark Warner (D) Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R) Rep. Tom Cole (R) Rep. Gerry Connolly (D) Rep. Blaine LUetkemeyer (R) Rep. Rob Wittman (R) Rep. Jason Smith (R) Oregon Rep. Sam Graves (R) Sen. Ron Wyden (D) Washington Rep. Earl BlumenaUer (D) Sen. Patty Murray (D) Montana Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D) Sen. Maria Cantwell (D) Sen. Steve Daines (R) Rep. Peter DeFazio (D) Rep. Adam Smith (D) Rep. Kurt Schrader (D) Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R) Nebraska Rep. Greg Walden (R) Rep. Don Bacon (R) West Virginia Pennsylvania Sen. Joe Manchin, III (D) Nevada Sen. Robert Casey, Jr. (D) Sen. Jacky Rosen (D) Rep. Brendan Boyle (D) Wisconsin Rep. Mike Doyle (D) Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D) New Hampshire Rep. Mike Kelly (R) Rep. Mike Gallagher (R) Sen. Maggie Hassan (D) Rep. Glenn Thompson (R) Rep. Ron Kind (D) Rep.
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